Rear Window

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  • May 9, 2025 / 19:00

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
USA, 1954, 112', DCP, color
English with Turkish subtitles

A pioneering and significant example of single-location films, Rear Window begins with photographer Jeff Jefferies confined to his apartment after breaking his leg. Spending his days sitting by the window and observing his neighbors, Jeff shares his observations with his girlfriend, Lisa, and his nurse, Stella.

One night, however, he notices that his neighbor from the opposite building, Lars Thorwald, behaves suspiciously. Jeff becomes increasingly convinced that Thorwald's ailing wife has mysteriously disappeared. As his curiosity becomes an obsession, he relies solely on his observations and logical deductions. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous things become.

Rear Window explores the relationship between photography and cinema, as Jeff's act of observing mirrors a photographer's perspective. He collects clues using his telephoto lens like a detective, while Hitchcock frames the apartment windows like photographs. Told more through visuals than dialogue, the film places the audience as an observer, much like Jeff himself, inviting reflections on voyeurism, the documentation of reality, and the power of the image.

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